Chapter 252 – Episode 236 the Death · 13

“Hey. There was an astrology store in our neighborhood too! “I pass by the sign every day and never thought about coming!”

“This is my first time visiting in person like this. What… How about we come together first, and then bring Siyeon and Umi along? “I heard Umi succeeded again this time.”

Su-ah woke up to the sound of voices ringing outside and rubbed her eyes. She must have dozed off for a moment.

It’s already been over 5 years since I left home.

It wasn’t easy to live as a runaway teenager without relying on your parents. It was a part-time job and hard work, and I think I did whatever I could get my hands on in the beginning.

Still, I thought there was no place to go back to, and as I struggled against the odds, I saved up a lump sum of money. I happened to meet good people who understood my situation, and I was able to open a tarot store under my name.

The reason she opened a store related to tarot and astrology, which she first learned about from her older sister, was not because it was a more lucrative business.

“Welcome! It’s nothing special, and you may get it wrong, but it’s still a little bit useful! Welcome to Sua’s Astrology House!!”

All I can do is save what I can.

Therefore… This is because Su-ah’s fortune-telling was a bit useful.

“Oh, look at this! It’s really authentic! “Isn’t something so occult perfect for this body style?”

As soon as he came in, Yeri picked up the horoscope and shouted.

“Hey, hey! What are you touching so carelessly? Oh, sorry… Because he’s a guy obsessed with showiness.”

“Oh, no… Are you okay…”

Izzy sighed and lowered her head, and Sua shook her hand.

Earning… Not only is it not good, but the location of the astrological house is also not very good. People who find out that something like this exists here will only come here, and it is difficult to treat guests properly, so surviving each day is a struggle.

However, that doesn’t mean we ignore the customers who come to visit us.

Anyone who went out of their way to come to a place like this in the first place would not be the type to just hear about fortune-telling.

In other words… Reading fortunes from an astrological house means… Tarot – It is also an act of entrusting one’s future to some extent with the results of fortune-telling.

Even if the prediction results here are off in some minor detail, there will be someone who will somehow fit it in.

Telling fortunes for such people is no different from deciding the fate of a visiting guest.

There are times when a sense of self-destruction creeps in, wondering if I am doing something similar to the pseudo-religion from which I ran away…

When you guess the past or tell your fortune, the surprised or amused expressions on people’s faces become an unstoppable opportunity to do this.

Okay. She treated Songah like she did to her older sister.

“Then can I take a look at the tarot reading?”

“Oh… ! Crystal ball… ! Completely transparent! Crystal!”

“Hey, I told you to stop touching me… Sorry. In the future, I will also bring a friend with many star followers.”

“… Really?”

What… Still, if only one guest were properly promoted to a star-studded place… Wouldn’t the jackpot hit?

It’s true that I dream, though.

Su-ah shuffled the tarot cards under her cloak.

“Oh, the way you shuffle the deck is no joke.”

“This is the basics…”

Su-ah brightened up the mood by saying something pleasant to the two people who were laughing and talking.

First, I decided to take a look at the point where her teeth were sharp and excited.

Suah drew one of her cards.

“The card you drew is the Minor Arcana’s Ace of Cups… “It’s the other way around.”

“Oh! Awesome card!! Plus Ace! “Is it a good card?”

“They say it’s in the reverse direction…” If it’s the other way around, it’s usually not a good feeling.”

“If… Aren’t you feeling overwhelmed and bored by your daily life?”

“Life is lazy… Okay. “I pursue change every day!”

The answer comes back with no clue whether I got it right or not.

“Uh… So, to break the boredom of everyday life… I think you can trust your intuition and make your choice.”

“This guy already lives a life that is faithful to his intuition. Or rather, it’s a sixth sense…”

“Easy! Now that I think about it, this card… Doesn’t it look like a parfait smoothie glass?”

“As soon as I finish speaking, the topic becomes a hot topic! What… “It looks like that, though.”

“Ah, I’m craving something sweet all of a sudden…” !”

“Let’s go eat the spring-only parfait smoothie with Umi and Siyeon later. I’m sure they will both like it.”

While listening to Yeri and Izzy’s conversation, Suah felt like her heart was being stabbed and hid it inside the hem of her cloak.

Laughing and talking, going to fun places together and eating delicious food…

Would I be able to make a friend like that myself?

Since it has been difficult so far, it will be difficult in the future.

“Then, I’ll read the tarot fortune for the next person… The card you drew is…”

Okay. Unless fate changes.

Su-ah sneered and handed over her next card.

* * *

After sending away the two noisy guests, Su-ah tidied up the inside of her astrology house.

The chemistry between the two people who saw their fortunes a little while ago is as great as a comical duo, and it seems like she is still filling the astrology house with a noisy atmosphere.

Rattle. When the bell rang, Su-ah turned her body. She had two sets of her guests in a row. I’m a little lucky today.

“Welcome! It’s nothing special, and you may get it wrong, but it’s still a little bit useful! Welcome to Sua’s Astrology House… ?!”

But Su-ah quickly threw that idea away.

It’s a very familiar face, a face I can’t forget all the more because I want to forget it.

Shinbyeol looked around the astrology house and sat down.

“Not much has changed. “It’s been 5 years, so I thought things would grow like you did.”

Surprised by Shin Byeol-nim’s gaze looking inside the cloak, Su-a closed her eyes.

“No business today.”

“It’s okay to not do business…” I saw the two girls who left here talking. The interior was well decorated and had good reviews. Well, it’s a deduction for the living space being clearly visible inside.”

“I don’t want to hear that kind of evaluation from you.”

“Isn’t it bad for business partners who play with people’s trust?”

“… It’s different.”

Shin Byeol-nim silently took out her electronic cigarette in response to Su-ah’s hostile gaze. After… It has a unique smell of steamed grain.

“You’ve become good at speaking politely, huh? I was worried that since she was the one who left her parents, her etiquette education may have been lost. Also… Are you saying I’m good at teaching? “She should have listened to her father and become a teacher instead of a baseball player.”

“How did you come here?”

“How did you come here? Because our church is usually good at expanding here and there. Is there a big building in front of this station? We’re going to use the whole building. Since it seems to be a church building that has been used in moderation before, the public will not really care if the name of the church changes… Old people around here don’t even know that the name of the church has changed, so they come to see it and say it’s good.  Well, I won’t take it if I don’t have money.”

Shin Byul giggled and scratched under her fingernails.

“So I looked around the new base and saw a familiar name. Suah’s astrology house…”

“Me… “Are you looking for it?”

“What are you saying? Wow. Five years, almost six years have passed, right? If you were going to find it, you should have found it a long time ago. “Isn’t this excessive self-consciousness?”

Shin Byeol snorted and laughed at Sua’s words, then crossed his legs as if his posture was uncomfortable.

“Normally, I wouldn’t pay any attention to second-generation children who escaped… “Song-a Shindo has a special meaning to me, so I looked it up.”

“Song-ah…”

When Song-Ah’s name came out, Su-Ah could no longer remain silent.

“Sister…”

“If you want to know how I’m doing, follow me. “You said you want to see her face too.”

At Shinbyeol’s words, Sua drew a tarot card.

A fortune-teller cannot predict his future.

So, this point is directed to Shinbyeol.

The 13th Tarot card.

Reverse Death has appeared.

“…”

After much contemplation, Su-ah followed Shin Byeol-nim.

* * *

I didn’t just follow along with a childlike desire to see my family for the first time in a long time.

“Why did you come?”

Still, this reaction is a bit shocking.

Su-ah stared into Song-ah’s glaring eyes and sat down next to her bed.

“Are your parents okay?”

“Why did you come?”

“I came because I wanted to see my sister.”

I wondered if he was doing well, but he seemed a little thinner than when I saw him 5 years ago. Even though Song-Ah said that, she seemed to be filled with emotion when she saw the face of her younger brother whom she had not seen in a long time.

“… You must have had a hard time, but you are still the same. It must not have been easy living alone. What do you do for a living these days? “Do you work properly?”

Su-ah told me how she had drifted and settled down since the breakup.

After a long story, when it was told that Su-ah was running her own astrology house, Song-ah opened her eyes and said.

“Tarot… That’s what I taught you.”

“That’s right.”

“… Swimming. She screamed at her mother to throw her away, but it was no use. “I’m completely obsessed with you.”

Song-Ah was adjusting her clothes and looking at her ceiling, she said.

“Soo-ah, did you also take the card game deck we played with? “What were you going to do with it on your own?”

“… “After her older sister attended the service, she did it on her own.”

“What fun is it if you do it alone?” And the person who can use that deck best is me.”

The scent of memories of coexisting and breathing together is as strong as her brainwashing. Song-ah blurted out her words with a wry smile.

“Mom and Dad’s condition is worse. She betrayed her family and left, even though she said she would not be found by the second generation… “Because of her lack of faith, she has been pouring more of her family life into God Byulnim than before.”

Sua’s heart sank at those words.

Even though she had promised not to care.
She said that leaving on her own would be a betrayal to her family.
It may be because she was aware of it without realizing it.

“It was the same for me too. She sings and dances in front of people… Furthermore, she is a female believer who receives more attention than anyone else… “I don’t know how many believers she brought in here to fill her quota.”

“Sister…”

Su-ah realized. Song-Ah had the same eyes as before.
The cold tone in which she asked why she came was because she never thought that her sister, who left her house on her own, would come back here to look for her.

Suah.

She was once told that she was pretty by her older sister.
Now, she held onto Song-Ah’s hand with her delicate hand.

“Sister… Let’s get out of here together.”

“… It’s hard to go out together this time. Some parents still have feelings for the church… But.”

Song-ah took out a small USB from her arms and handed it to Su-a.

“If we destroy the church itself… It might be possible.”

“This…”

“What… Even after I came to my senses, I didn’t remain in a high position for no reason. … I have to do what I can in my position. “I was wondering who I should hand this to, but it turned out well.”

Song-ah shrugged and responded.

“Please reveal at the appropriate time. If this is revealed to people… Clearly, the forces that support Shinbyeol and this church… It will be difficult to enjoy the same glory as before.”

I couldn’t enjoy a normal life with a normal family like other people.

However, in contrast to Su-ah, who escaped the situation alone and ran away.

Song-ah must have been fighting her own battle in silence.

“… “I’ll give it a try, sister.”

Su-ah looked at her older sister with her weeping heart.
The two names were created with the meaning of giving and receiving each other’s hearts, like brothers in a fairy tale.

Even now, 5 years after we broke up.

Su-ah is just waiting to receive something from her sister.

There is no telling how much can be changed with this data received from Song-ah.

As for Song-Ah, since she has achieved so far as a female disciple under Shin Byeol-nim, she cannot remain as a simple victim.

But only now.

Suah turns her back on her family.
She got a chance to look at her sister properly.

“I can do it somehow.”

“… Even if you are a fortune-teller, it seems difficult to see your future.”

Suddenly. The closed door opens, and a sturdy man comes inside.

This is Shinbyeol.

The leader glared at Song-ah as if she were dumbfounded.

She said, “She was somewhat oblivious when her slightly educated eyes began to slowly return, but she suddenly changed like this just because she had brought a soul steeped in the world. Even though she was suspicious since he refused to entertain her several times, she had a hard time finding physical evidence of him… Seeing her take it out exactly as she intended… After all, there’s nothing like blood, right?”

It’s like a Tarot card illustration of the Grim Reaper raising a huge scythe.

She holds in her hand an iron baseball bat that will bring back past glory.

“Put down what you’re holding.”

“… !”

Ah.

Destruction happens so quickly.

And you can come visit me casually.

Su-ah opened her arms as if to embrace her baby.

“Suya… !”

“Are you okay… Her sister, as much as she has always received from her sister…”

She protects what she received from her older sister.
That’s all.

“I won’t run away and abandon her sister this time!”

Wow.

Wow.

Wow.

At Shinbyeol’s bat.

Her arms are bent at strange angles, but she never moves away.

“Soo, Su-ya… Ah, no!!”

And one more time.

Wow.

* * *

“In my past… Song-ah was so deeply involved.”

“My sister was everything… Because she had an older sister, she had a happy childhood…”

“So… “After she became a magical girl, she couldn’t even recall these memories.”

“The memories of the person involved in the fate of the person who will become a magical girl… Because everything is forgotten.”

“But on the other hand, after recalling this memory… “I thought it was fortunate that it was not a meaningless death.”

“With my death alone… “We were able to erase the existence of a pseudo-religious cult that many people were associated with.”

“It was literally impossible without magic… “It was nothing short of salvation.”

“So… “I felt fortunate to become a magical girl for the first time.”

After Su-ah finished speaking, she looked at the tarot card deck for a moment.

I’m still full of emotions that I want to vent, but the more I talk about them, the more I feel overwhelmed, and it’s painful.

Umi became restless as she remembered the small figure of Su-a, who had been particularly poorer than others.

“This story is heavy… Suah, her older sister had a story like that. Well, what should I say…”

“Wouldn’t her mood be revived if Umi stepped out on her feet and shook her womb?”

Oh, indeed… Umi nodded her head.

I kicked Terus.

“… Are you going to do something like that?”